title: Group III human metabotropic glutamate receptors 4, 7 and 8: molecular cloning, functional expression, and comparison of pharmacological properties in RGT cells.
abstract: Cloning and expression in a stable mammalian cell line co-transfected with a glutamate transporter (RGT cells) were used as tools for studying the functions and pharmacological properties of group III metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs). Complementary DNAs (cDNAs) encoding the human mGluR4, human mGluR7, and human mGluR8 were isolated from human cerebellum, fetal brain or retinal cDNA libraries. The human mGluR4, mGluR7 and mGluR8 receptors were 912, 915 and 908 amino acid residues long and share 67-70% amino acid similarity with each other and 42-45% similarity with the members of mGluR subgroups I and II. The human mGluR4 and mGluR7 had amino acid identity of 96% and 99.5% with rat mGluR4 and 7, respectively, whereas the human mGluR8 has 98.8% amino acid identity with the mouse mGluR8. The nucleotide and amino acid sequences in the coding region of human mGluR4 and mGluR7 were found to be identical to the previously published sequences by Flor et al. and Makoff et al. Following stable expression in RGT cells, highly significant inhibitions of forskolin stimulation of cAMP production by group III agonists were found for each receptor. The relative potencies of the group III agonist L-AP4 varied greatly between the group III clones, being mGluR8>mGluR4 >> mGluR7. The reported group II mGluR agonist L-CCG-I was a highly potent mGluR8 agonist (EC50=0.35 microM), with significant agonist activities at both mGluR4 (EC50=3.7 microM) and mGluR7 (EC50=47 microM). The antagonist potency of the purported group III mGluR antagonist MPPG also varied among the receptors being human mGluR8 >> mGluR4 = mGluR7. The expression and second messenger coupling of human group III mGluRs expressed in the RGT cell line are useful to clearly define the subtype selectivities of mGluR ligands.
authors.affiliation: Research Technology and Protein Division, Drop code 0424, Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN 46285, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Rockey
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Burgett
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Rosteck
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Schoepp
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Belagaje
mesh_terms: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D027322:Amino Acid Transport System X-AG; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D027322:Amino Acid Transport System X-AG; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C102719:metabotropic glutamate receptor 7; C111435:metabotropic glutamate receptor 8; D005576:Colforsin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; C108823:metabotropic glutamate receptor 4